I don't think you've left it too late, with the deadline being January and some still writing Personal Statements etc. An advantage of sending it earlier would have been that you may have received offers quicker etc., but some universities for certain courses prefer to wait until they have more applications, so I wouldn't worry. The thing with sending it right now is that the universities probably have loads of applications to go through (mine included). Good luck.
I havent even been ackknowledged by Leicester yet lol !!
Neither have I and I'm growing more and more impatient everyday. Leicester is the only uni that hasn't acknowledged me yet and I've only gotten an offer from one of my choices. Bleh
I've applied for English and sent off my application on the 12th November. I've recieved 2 offers and 1 acknowledgement from other universities but I'm not too worried as its only early december.
ah thats good, one of the other unis I applied to has given out loads of history interviews before I had even begun to think about writing my personal statement so I was a wee bit concerned lol