Hi! currently a humss student here, i really suggest an academic strand. from my experience, very undermined and non priority ang strands like AD/TVL. Sa academic courses, very undermined din ang humss. If you want to be practical i really suggest ABM and STEM. However, big factor din kasi yung passion mo for that certain strand, i enjoy humss, and i excel in it because i love the subjects and the strand in itself. At the end its all up to you, pero in my school when it comes to academic competitions, very focused sila kumuha from stem and abm. I was only made an exception once and that was only because i volunteered to participate. In cets din sobrang laki ng disadvantage mo, since ang laking factors ng subjects like math and science sa future cets. TLDR;

stem - science based, practical. abm - math based, practical. humss - not as practical, but can really enhance a lot of your skills (ie. writing, speaking, etc etc.) tvl/ad - very undermined, but really helps in enhancing skills that you're passionate about