16,000 applications this year, and from January until July, there are two classes applying. Conservatively, we'll put that at 20,000 candidates. There are five regions, plus Soldiers, plus minority, plus athletes with the last three having a much smaller applicant pool. Each RC has around 3k candidates somewhere in the process right now, plus parents, plus field force, plus potential candidates (sophomores and below), and numerous other competitors for their time like ROTC instructors, other senior officers, congressional staffs, etc. As much as they'd love to reach out to each and everyone, there aren't the hours in the day. Admitted candidates are full of questions (see other threads) and there are the small few priority cases that they are trying to work through that have a high likelihood of gaining admissions. If you are one of those 3Q plus nom that isn't hearing from your RC, it may be that they are working behind the scenes on your file OR that they are working someone else, but haven't ruled you out yet, OR you are mathematically eliminated, but they haven't had the time to get to that level of correspondence yet.
As far as NWL and presidential noms, this isn't a sequential process. They aren't holding all of them until the end of the MOC. Quite the opposite - they've made offers off the NWL already. Pretty easy to see a top WCS candidate that got "beat" by a principal nominee or another water-walker in their district is going to win one of those spots. It's those right around the cut line by WCS that they are looking at right now. Where exactly that line is gets firmed up every time that they make another offer/someone accepts, and becomes a little more ambiguous/lower every time someone declines.
You want a status, you need to stop being reactive. Ask your FFR what is going on if they are responsive to you. If not, give your RC a call or shoot them a quick email. Chances are they'll tell you where you stand - which could be good or bad - but at least you'll know.