(Hello! I've been lurking for a bit, but decided to blow off some steam with y'all... waiting is rather nerve wracking. I'm applying to MSc and PhD programs in computer science, by the way.)
I try not to look too much at my application essay (colleges, cover letters for internships, and the like) after I submit it... it's the effect of being embarrassed about what you wrote a long time ago!
I've transitioned into couch potato mode ever since I submitted all my apps and finished finals in December. I busied myself so much last semester that I burned out pretty badly, so I figure that I should let myself relax a bit for now, before I turn it on for whatever I do in the fall
At this point, I've been invited to a couple of Skype interviews by individual professors (this seems to be the usual mode of interview for computer science programs), and I was really excited at first, since I was prepared (almost expecting) to get unceremoniously rejected by all my schools! But I'm really insecure (imposter syndrome is my life), so interviews make my anxiety skyrocket, inducing a terrible dread, and at the same time, I don't want to complain too much, out of respect for those who weren't selected... So I definitely have mixed feelings about interviewing -- I quickly go from "yay!" to "oh no!" to "it could have been worse" (after the interview). Does anyone else feel this way? The anxiety must be worse for those of you who are interviewing on-site!
On the bright side, it looks like my programs mostly don't interview after January, and send decisions throughout February, so at least the agony should be short-lived for the most part. (Some of them have historically sent a bunch of rejection notices in mid-late April -- even after the 15th -- which is kind of a jerk move... UC Irvine, I'm looking at you.)