Obviously both are bad, but if you had to choose (and you kind of do, because admissions is zero-sum in the short term), you should incentivise good character.
I guess I was more getting at the question of how we got to the point where we're giving out college admission, based on who your parents are? And what your parents lived through?
If you want to incentivize character built through life experiences? OK, I guess. But it should have to be the life and character of the actual student that counts. Not his mom.
