Tracing a picture on a light box is not art, its copying. Is there no way that any of the other schools will at least give you partial credit of the courses you’ve taken. Some in Canada will even do that based only on your portfolio. At least that way you can start over but not totally from the beginning again.
Hang in there, you’re a wonderful artist and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you find a good solution.
And I am a huge Giger fan, I think his work is remarkable if somewhat disturbing to others.