It's how I did. Now I'm a professional frontend developer with adequate Adobe skills and a license paid for by the company that frequently come in handy on the job.
...and now you know why Adobe products are so easy to pirate. Young pirates turn into loyal product users and customers.
Adobe doesn't spend copyright enforcement time on individuals much.
Check with your university. This shall includes hundreds of software, all editions of Windows both 32 bits and 64bits, as well as all editions of Visual Studio Ultimate, plus databases and other tools.
After that they really cracked down on piracy, and at the same time offer the CC subscription decently cheap (50$ a month) that honestly the risk of malware isn't worth it any more.
Anyhow, I know that much of my early software license transgressions resulted in actual software licenses.