The full quote was a bit surprising to me. I wasn’t aware there were more OOS applications now. Or maybe that is not new, but I did not notice that data point before.
“Roughly 45% of the applicant pool is in-state, and 55% is out-of-state/international. Due to UGA being the flagship university for the state of Georgia, we do have a goal of having our enrolling class (not accepted but enrolling) be roughly 80% in-state and 20% out-of-state, so it will be somewhat more challenging to be admitted as a non-GA resident.”
Yes, it is quite different than in “our day”. Fingers crossed for your sons.