Haha yup, I did watch a lot of the Carleton and Vassar videos, and that’s where I formed the initial impression that Carleton was sillier than Vassar (I really liked the Carleton videos, whereas the Vassar videos left no particular impression on me.)
I’ve (finally) made my decision - I think it’s slightly ironic that I’m posting this in the Carleton College forum (no hate please haha) but I’ve eventually decided to go with Vassar.
It was my first choice before I did any research, when my attraction to the school was based entirely on gut feel. After I did research I started liking Carleton more and more (because it really is an amazing, amazing school), but ultimately after talking to people from Vassar and Carleton and the people here at collegeconfidential, I think that my heart still lies with Vassar.
Thanks so much everyone for the help and the wonderful responses I got.