Too late to think about uni 2013?

Hi guys,

I have decided I would like to go to uni in September as a mature student (27). I noticed the application deadline is Jan 15th and none of the uni's seem to have any open days left because presumably school leavers are thinking about this months ago.

Basically, would it be wise to choose a uni without doing an open day visit?

I don't want to wait until september 2014 to go to uni!!

thanks

jason