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Camps are great, I highly recommend them, but it is not a ticket to D1. You probably won't get there without the camps, but just going won't guarantee you a spot. There are only about 1200 D1 spots nationwide (600 womens and 600 mens). One thing that consistently gets left out of the discussions is talent. You have to have talent to make it to D1 and not very many people have that much reffing ability. I think it was somewhere in the thread that someone said you need to be in the top 10% of whatever level you are at to move to the next level. This is very true. It is rare that someone will come out of left field to take a roster spot, it happens, but not very often.

IMO, if you wnat to make it to D1, work hard at the level you are at, become the best there and move up through the ranks. Attend a camp every year, one that will challenge you to be better as an official and hope you have talent and some luck.