Please keep in mind that this guide is only intended to be a rough outline for helping the incoming graduate students survive the first few rough months of transition to a new town, program, degree, and way of life.
(this guide; to be; a rough outline for helping the incoming graduate students survive the first few rough months of transition to a new town, program, degree, and way of life)
this guide
to be
a rough outline for helping the incoming graduate students survive the first few rough months of transition to a new town, program, degree, and way of life