How do you "demonstrate interest" to colleges?

<p>I have been confused on this for a while now. Any help will be good thanks :)</p>

<p>You demonstrate interest by writing sincere, personal, essays that show who you are, and what kind of person you are…
They can tell if you are just bs’ing or if you really really want to go to their college. Think about why you want to go to so and so college, and incorporate that into your essays. Think about the consequences, and why exactly you’d go to X college instead of Y college. What can this college do for you? What can you do for this college?</p>