I quote the cited article:
However, the GoFundMe page has already accumulated over $30,000, which means that Owen will be be covered for his first year.
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't live in DC, but in many states, during that year, he could become an "emancipated minor", meaning
that he's responsible for his own debts and finanically independent from his parents, which one would hope would trigger a re-evaluation by Georgetown. Seems like a reasonble gamble!