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I worked 2 college games in my 4th year and a half a dozen or so in my 5th year. I started to camps (years ago when they weren't as numerous as they are now) after my second year and a lot of it was basically in the right place at the right time plus my willingness to do virtually everything I was told to do. Had I stayed with it at the time (I left officiating for a while), I don't think I would have broken into D1 before my 10th year at a minimum, if at all for several reasons -- some of which relate to a changing of the guard. At any rate, around here it isn't that difficult to get a college schedule as long as you are persistent, in reasonable shape, and have decent game management skills. If you are willing to go to the same camps for 3-5 years, sometimes with little or no official feedback in years 1-4, your persistence will pay off. Moving up to D1, however, is a bit of a different ball game.
Again, that's my experience where I am. Other parts of the country probably differ.
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