IMO..Level of interest would go something like this...(Some of these are interchangeable)...
Again this is my opinion, would be interested to see a response from "the choir"....
Form Letters and propsect data sheet - Not worth the ink. Could be 1/1,000+?
Camp brochure - Not worth ink without call asking you to come to camp. Could be 1/1,000+?
Invite to Junior Day - You're on a long, long list but at least on a list. 1/100?
Spring contact call - Some progress, this is good. Don't get your hopes up. 1/50?
Call about attending prospect camp - enough interest to want to take a look. But if you were an important prospect they would have seen you and know about you already. 25-50?
Call informing you as prospect - another long list but there is hope. 25-50?
Recruiting Trip - When they begin spend money it shows a seriouness of intent. 10-20?
Offer - level of interest really depends upon what they offer. 10-20?
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By the end of July many top recruits have been offered. Many have verballed.
By fall many schools start to scramble for second and third choices. The closer to the fall signing date (Early Nov) the more interested school get in second and third choices. Doors begin to open as more recruits verbal.
November is feeding frenzy. Stuff happens, because a verbal comittment is non binding. Some shools get spurned. Some players take other offers. Some don't sign at all. Late offers are made, sometimes seemingly out of the blue. You may suddenly get serious interest.
After the November signing date shools reassess. What did we actually get? The process beging again for the spring signing date.
June, MLB draft robs programs of top recruits and the better juniors. There is no telling how many opening there may be. Know of two west coast DI schools who signed four '05 players to
NLI's just a few weeks ago.
Hope this helps. Again would be interested in the choirs comments