Is the University of Georgia harder to get into than UVA?

Yes. Overall, UVA is typically more selective than the University of Georgia, especially for out-of-state applicants. Both schools are well-regarded public universities with strong applicant pools, but UVA is more often treated as a reach-level school in admissions planning, while UGA is competitive but usually a bit more attainable for students in a similar academic range.

For a student trying to estimate odds in broad terms, UVA tends to expect a very strong transcript with rigorous coursework and stands out for being especially tough if you do not live in Virginia. UGA is also selective and pays close attention to grades and course rigor, but it is not usually viewed at quite the same level of difficulty overall.

The in-state piece matters a lot here. Virginia residents can get a meaningful admissions boost at UVA compared with out-of-state applicants, and Georgia residents often benefit at UGA too. So if you are comparing them without residency, UVA is the harder admit in most cases. If you are in-state for one of them, that can narrow the gap a lot.

In practical college-list terms, many students would place UVA a notch higher in selectivity and treat UGA as the more realistic option between the two unless they have a particularly strong profile and residency advantage for UVA.