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True Story: My mom wanted badly to make me a dress for each round of rush. I was really skeptical about it because my school was so competitive, but my mom convinced me to let her do it because she had done so for her own rush when she was in school. When I only had 7 parties (of a possible 12) for round 2, I quit wearing the handmade clothes and did better in the 2nd, 3rd, and preference rounds. I had a friend from one of the houses who cut me first round who told me that her sisters thought my homemade dress made me look like "a poor girl who couldn't afford dues" (and the dress was really pretty cute).

Don't know if that helps, but I figured I'd mention it.