<p>Surely this is a stupid and obvious question, but what is "official letterhead"? That's what I need to send a professor recommendation on.</p>
<p>Do you mean the professor is writing the recommendation? It would need to be on the university/departmental stationery, as opposed to plain white printer paper.</p>
<p>Yeah, the professor is writing it. </p>
<p>That seems to make sense. How would I go about getting that, in general?</p>
<p>The professor will provide the letterhead. You just need to ask for the recc and tell the prof where to send it. Provide a stamped, address envelop if the prof will have to send the letter to the agency that requested it.</p>
<p>Yes, it should be a regular white piece of paper with the top saying the schools name/contact info/address maybe. and possibly a small border. It’s to make it an official contact from the school.</p>
<p>OP: Yes, just specify to the professor that the recipient wants the recc on letterhead. He/she will know exactly what to do.</p>
<p>It’s not you who needs to send the recommendation. That’s the point. It needs to be sent by the person recommending you, or indirectly by your guidance counselor. Your teachers will know what to do.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys. I’m just wondering how the professor gets that, out of curiosity?</p>
<p>Just in general, letterhead paper is available to any employee of a company who is authorized to write letters in that company’s name. At my work, I sometimes write letters to customers or others on behalf of my company, so I do that on letterhead. </p>
<p>In your case, the teacher/professor might just write the letter as a Word doc on his/her computer and then forward it to a secretary who would print it on letterhead. But don’t worry, if you specify “letterhead” they’ll know what to do. ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification.</p>