Switching between mac and pc

I use Creative Cloud on my mac at home.  My school is willing to subscribe to Creative Cloud for me, but they only have PCs.  Will I be able to seamlessly work on a project between the two computers (if I stored the project on a flash drive)?

Define "project" and exactly what program you are using

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