Dont' worry, you will have a lots of chinese classmates once you get to the school. Many US applicants are actually Chinese or american borned chinese. I think Stern is trying to diversify his student body by admitting relatively fewer people from mainland chinese because many applicants in US, particularly in great new york area have already had chinese background.
BTW, enjoy your two years in New York. Soho area is one of the most fun neighbourhood in NYC. There is a great Sichun restuarant offering the most authentic hotpot fish (Shui Zhu Yu) of entire US in my opinion. And its closeby wholefoods store is the most crowded grocery store I've ever been!