If you will save a substantial amount of money by going to Syracuse, go to Syracuse. As I find myself graduating from med school in two months and facing a substantial amount of debt, I am very glad that I did not attend a more expensive med school. When you've finished six-seven years of school and find that you could be repaying your loans well into your late thirties (while having a wife and kids), you will be glad that you went to the cheaper school.
People will give you these arguments about going to the best school where you feel happy and comfortable. This is a load of crap. If you think that you'll be happy because you go to a certain school or live in a certain city, you are kidding yourself. Happiness depends on you, not your surroundings. People like to compare which med students are cool and relaxed and which ones are uptight and anal. This is a farce. Listening to med students discuss social lives and cavalier attitudes towards school is like listening to blind men discussing the colors of a peacock.
The whole MD v DO argument is bull****. Last time I checked, DO's still gave Antibiotics for pneumonia. It's interesting to hear these pre-clinical students now telling people how DO's are superior to MD's. Whatever. Once you get on the wards, you'll realize that there's no difference between how MD's and DO's treat 99% of presenting complaints or interact with patients.