Are you trying to get jobs on campus or off campus? Although many of the colleges I work at have equipment, some even have their own clubs and mobile systems, you may want to have ASAP at least a laptop, controller and a pair of powered speaker. The reason why is because you are going to have start small parties in the dorms or for smaller student clubs, fraternities and sororities. You are going to need to get your name known. Then work your way up networking with the people who hire DJs.
I used a novel approach to jump start my recognition on campus by throwing my own party in the dorms. That me the ability to be in front of a ton of people fast even though I was only a freshman. A big gamble but it worked, the crazy part is I wasn’t even staying on campus in the dorms. I had to do all, the promotion and flyers to get people there. The funny is that my was first college party I DJed and I’m still working at the college, there next week doing karaoke.