UGA has never had a huge presence on College Confidential, but it seems that it gets less participation each year. The best place to find out the correct answer to your questions (excluding chance me’s) is by following the UGA admission blog.
D Graves is fantastic, and he seems willing to answer most any question that you might have. Good luck, this can be a pretty hectic and stressful time. http://ugaadmissions.blogspot.com/
My understanding according to Georgia’s CDS, is that state residence is NOT an admissions factor.
I am pretty sure that you are correct, ie, it doesn’t matter if you are in or out-of-state.