How is physics in college/university different from high school?

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In bsc physics, physics is taught at a deeper level of reasoning and understanding and in engineering courses it's application is taught. In high school only overview of the topic is given it's not in depth.
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At school level, we learn and remember the physics stuff without application and numeriacl meaning. But in college or university , knowledge of school physics with numerical , we try to get application of each and every stuff that makes them more interesting . Ex: light travel through ether...
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At school level, we learn and remember the physics stuff without application and numeriacl meaning. But in college or university , knowledge of school physics with numerical , we try to get application of each and every stuff that makes them more interesting . Ex: light travel through ether medium studied at school level , but there is no medium or ether for light traveling at all. read less
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