Not long after paying her deposit to FIDM, she heard on TikTok about changes coming to the fashion school, and soon after she received an email announcing the surprise merger of her current and future campuses, creating a new ASU FIDM, housed under ASU’s design institute. Feldman wasn’t sure how the change would affect her program, so she spoke with counselors from the schools. “The guy from ASU basically told me the program that I applied and was admitted to no longer exists,” Feldman said. “The rug was completely just pulled out from under me with no warning.”
