Applying to Uni without having visited any of them?

Sooo I had every intention of going to an Open day but I;

1) Didn't realise that there wasn't any Open Days in September (for most Unis)

2) Didn't know that my course was classed as competitive and therefore has a (College inflicted) deadline of Oct 15th.

Is this a particularly bad thing? I've done everything but, and I am going to 1 that is my 'safe' uni a week after. Also going to all of them is out of the question as I simply don't have the money to fund all the trains/petrol/hotels ect.

I think it's important that you visit at least your top two or three choices. You need to get a feel for the uni and the place it's in because, after all, you're going to be living there for the best part of 3 if not more years.

Open days do give you a lot more information and the chance to talk with the academic tutors and students there too but you can always visit on other days!

Where are you from and where are you applying? Obviously if they're really far away it's expensive to visit. I'm in Bristol and visited Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Cambridge (though for the last two we went to Cambridge then drove straight to Southampton and stayed there overnight for their open day the next day).


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I'm from Middlesbrough and I'm apply for Buckingham, Bishop Grosseteste, Royal Holloway, St Mary's and Bath. Although I'm going to Buckingham next week for a tour, the others are still far away (apart from BG but that really is my last choice... I can't even pronounce it correctly :P)