Makes perfect sense - NYU is the alternative if you decide against for sure.
Northeastern’s preprofessional slant comes out in the student body but not in research or grad school admissions. There are tons of CS research opportunities on campus. While a majority of Northeastern students elect not to go to grad school, it’s not for lack of qualification or any admissions trouble. So to answer the concern, there wouldn’t be any difference in research or grad opportunities. It just means that likely fewer of your peers will be going to grad school or doing research than NYU likely, though I think the research numbers may be closer than one would think given how practically slanted CS is nationally regardless of college.