You hear a lot on this forum and others about certain jobs being "closed" and such, but I never put too much faith in that gouge. When someone posted recently that NFO (as well as pilot and others) was closed and a few people said they weren't accepted after being pro-rec'd, I really started to wonder. Then, this morning I found out that I was final selected and will be going to OCS on 1 May. So, my point is... as JPC stated, take the information on here with a grain of salt. This forum is outstanding at providing information on most aspects, but as for things being "closed", it just never seems to be right. Things will obviously slow down at times, but I don't really believe that they ever just close down completely.
To all the posters on this site, thank you for providing a great deal of gouge and sometimes providing some good reading and a laugh. Good luck to everyone still waiting.