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It depends on who you are - I scored better than my friends who took the Kaplan course, but that's probably b/c I used their books and didn't get burned out by the incessant practice tests . . .
I'd just keep it calm, don't get yourself too worked up, and realize that the vast majority is passage-based - find out the information you do well with in that situation, and study to your strengths/weaknesses.
Don't fret over the language section, if you have a strong background in English - it could turn out to be very easy for you if you do, but many waste time and effort freaking out about it.
Make sure your systems physiology is strong - much of the overly-specific info from the biological sciences section is endocrinology, cardiovascular system, or etc.
Organic Chem is being phased down this year, down to 30% of the biolog. section, IIRC. Thus, if you suck at orgo (like I do), practice only what you're sure to see, then go for concepts and things like NMR, IR spec, etc which can be learned easily w/out the earlier 'building blocks'
The physical sciences section is heavy on the basic physics, so if you're not familiar with how to solve simple problems, read up now and take it as you go - you'll earn a lot of points just by knowing formulas relating velocity, acceleration, position, etc.
Same goes for the gen chem - read up on rate laws etc, and don't spend days studying the ultra-specifics that you may never learn.
Other than that - use whatever strategies you would use on a regular test, don't get too burned out for it, and try to have some fun with it.
Also, don't lock your keys in the car before the test, like I did, haha
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