<p>Here is the distribution of the demographics of students <a href=“https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/a-closer-look.html”>https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/a-closer-look.html</a></p>
<p>While I can’t testify to UGA, I do have an undergraduate experience with a southern school where only 33% of the students were OOS. When you go to college, people are all about meeting new people, and Georgia is a big state so it’s likely not everyone knows eachother. Even if they did, freshman year everyone is all about making new friends. Now, I will have to admit VA is more mid-atlantic than GA, and perhaps that wasn’t as big of a transition from the Northeast, but if you have a strong desire to go there, don’t let that stop you. The main issue with being from OOS is that there may be certain references in conversation you might not pick up immediately and it may be harder not being able to go home as often as your friends. But usually people don’t discriminate their friend groups based off where you are from</p>