Open days

It is absolutely vital that students visit a university before making an application.  It is important to know it feels right for you, as statistics can only give you so much information.  The two main periods for open days are June and September/October and students should be visiting during this period. The website http://www.opendays.com/ has lots of help and links to book open days.  Also recently UCAS added an open days section to their website.  whilst it is not easy to find (you have to look via the "How it all works" section) this site also contains information about departmental visit days as well as whole university open days.  the link is http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/explore-your-options/events-and-open-days