A graduate of the department of foreign languages at NTU, Ho says that it was the tradition for NTU students to pursue their graduate studies abroad. When he got his BA in 1995, he also thought about going abroad, but didn't take any concrete action, and anyway had already passed the exam to enter the graduate institute of sociology at NTU.
台大外文系畢業的他說，出國留學向來是台大學生的傳統，一九九五年大學畢業時他也曾想過出國，但還沒採取行動，已經先考上台大社會所。