NELRP- Nurse Education Loan Repayment HPSA Score Decrease

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I am an RN who applied last year for the NELRP when I thought my HPSA Score was a 17. This is what I was told what the data warehouse stated, my D/I and HPSA of 17 is fairly high so I thought I had a good chance of receiving the award. I checked now as it is close to the time to apply again and my score is now only a 13, which would essentially eliminate all chances since this places me in Tier 2. My score could have changed between the time I checked in the fall and application time also.

Has anyone else had a drop in score? I have sent an inquiry as to the reason and asked for a re-evaluation, but not feeling hopeful now. I just don't understand what changed.