NOTE: (If you are from my original school I attended this past school year I hold absolutely nothing against you or the school in this article. It was a personal decision and a dream that had to be pursued so please do not feel offended by anything from this article)

This past spring, I know I became the center of much social media buzz when I shocked hundreds of students and teachers I know from high school when I announced I would be leaving my small Wisconsin school upon the conclusion of the school year, and transfer to the University of Iowa.

After putting up a lengthy transfer mania saga in the fall and winter, I truly did not expect much overwhelming support and excitement from my peers expressing their excitement they all had knowing I was going to be an Iowa Hawkeye. Ever since March 20th, 2017 (the day when I took my Iowa campus tour and officially committed to Iowa over other Big Ten schools I was actively looking to transfer), I have heard countless times from numerous people express the thrill they have for me going to Iowa by telling me "Rolldaddy you're gonna thrive so much at Iowa". If hearing that phrase at least a million times is not enough, I also have received visitor requests from at least 20, yes at least twenty of my high school friends with about 5-8 of them coming within an hour of my Instagram post announcing I offically committed to Iowa. Honestly, your support is unprecentedented and very appreciated. At first, I was scared to admit to my high school friends I was going to leave my current school, as I believed I would receive such a negative backlash from my classmates thinking you would perceive me to be a washed up college student. However, I do want to take some time to tell you to use caution when hyping me up for my new start.

Personally, my fear is that because of all of the hype I have caused around my high school friends telling me I will have the greatest experience of my life at Iowa may not be real. Why I am cautioning you about overhyping me about my upcoming transfer is simple. As for me, I do believe I am that one guy from my high school class that peaked during my senior year of high school. This past fall I came into my first college with rowdy expectations for an amazing life-changing thrilling year. While I did have a few good nights, the whole school year was a huge disappointment; all due to myself overhyping my upcoming college experience. Since I was rather popular (and still am to some extent) in high school by being good friends with the most gorgeous girls in my school, going to the State Championship game for football, making the Select Sixteen Senior Turnabout Court, and being that one kid many teachers enjoyed having in class, I came into that school believing I would jump and burst right onto the scene. I believed I would thrive right away all because I was so loved in high school. However, I completely flamed out my first year in college as none of the hype I had about my first year of college proved to be true. Ultimately, I ended up reliving my high school glory days this past year instead of finding ways to reach the next level. Now, I am not even sure if I have the ability to thrive in college like all of you are telling me I will do all because of the debacle I have collapsed under since I graduated high school.

Do I expect this upcoming school year to be better? Well, yes I do expect my college experience to get better this year. But do I expect it to be so amazing? I wouldn't set the bar that high. Because I feel I already had my greatest days in high school and may no longer have the ability to start reaching new heights in college. Eventually, I do not want to be ending up feeling even more disappointed with my college experience all because my friends overhyped me about my Hawkeye experience. However, I do promise I will do the absolute best I can to finally start enjoying school again at the University of Iowa. Just don't set the bar so high for me just in case this experience at Iowa is not going to be as thrlling or as amazing as you may think it will be. Face it, I peaked during my senior year of high school and believe me, it is going to be really really hard for my college experience at the University of Iowa to turn out better than my experiences I had during senior year of high school. Will i ever be able to continue my ability to be friends with all of the prettiest girls on campus? Will anybody have the exact same level of school spirit as I do? Can I finally overcome the humps and finally get the experiences I have been dying to get? Nothing is guaranteed.

Do not disappoint me by overhyping me, but I promise I will do my very best not to disappoint you.